get past kindergarten first.
paul1405,
I have never seen stupid kids come from Kindy but I have seen countless morons come from Unis.

Ttbn,

I've written many times that I don't support identity politics, that it's okay to be any bloody thing, white, black, Asian, whatever, and that equal rights means just that and no more or less - that all people, regardless of ethnicity or gender or what-the-hell-ever are no better or worse than anybody else, and should have as much rights as anybody else. Please don't play this game of falsely accusing someone, then feeling free to get stuck into your own straw man.

Thanks, Paul, best wishes and aroha to you and your wife, your relations and your mokopunas :)

Dearest Foxy,

Yes, value your living friends and your memories of past friends, in that way they never really pass away.

Love,

Joe

OK, that's it, enough is enough.
Paul, Joe and Foxy, between the three of you, you have corrupted and contaminated this forum for the thousandth time.
Your slobbering and arse licking over rubbish which has nothing to do with the topic is way beyond the pale, and I don't know why the judge's aren't putting a ban on you all.
The bloody topic is called 'Steady 8% Growth in Indigenous Uni Performance'!
NOT; 'the mutual admiration society' and let's all get cosy and cuddly and talk about our family and rubbish unrelated to the topic in question.
If you people would only read your rubbish and the way you carry on, it's the kind of interaction which leads people to be sick and demand you all 'GET A F@(KEN ROOM!
If you all want to pat each other on the back and whatever else you want to do, start a new topic, and you can spend the rest of your lives telling each other how wonderful you all are.
I will give you the incentive to do just that, by saying, if you do, I promise I will absolutely not comment on such a topic, you can have it all to yourselves.
In the meantime, get back on topic or shut it with all this mutual admiration crap.
So to confirm once more, the number of true abo's going to uni, is but an insignificant fraction of the BS stats being published.
The stats are contaminated with selfish, arrogant Aussies of mixed blood.
End of!

ALTRAV, we are human, and we interact, I can't help it if you are a total bore.

//And, Joe. Just how interested do you think that 96% of the population should be in the university attendance of just 4% of the population//

ttbn, its hoped that the greater number are interested in education in general, including that of the 4% you speak of. It's my belief that society cannot spend a better dollar, than the one spent on education. The return on investment is ten fold, successful people living successful and rewarding lives, black, white, Asian, Eskimo's and yes even you and ALTRAV. In my opinion no one can be over educated, learning is something that should continue for the whole of ones life, not necessarily in a formal institution, for most that time comes to an end, but learning should go on in our day to day life experience.

//I have never seen stupid kids come from Kindy but I have seen countless morons come from Unis.// and how did you do that Indy? BTW is Unis some cynical corruption of the word "anus" on your part, or just a typo of sorts.

I can't understand why some of the extreme crusty old men on the forum, are so belligerent about people being educated, do they feel threatened by such people, or are they simply jealous that they were failures, or didn't get the same opportunity? Now Indy has joined in, I'll also ask ttbn and ALTRAV as well, those three are well qualified to give an answer to such a question.

ALTRAV,

Good one, mate. It gets a bit sickening doesn't it. Do you think these characters ever interact with anyone off their own dunghills in real life. They seem to be insulated from reality. And, don't they get the pouts when they are called out! When they finally get around to calling you a racist, which they always do, you know that you have won. It's time to move on. They don't have anything left. Foxy usually uses bad language, and calls you something with 'little' in it. Yawn.

Guys, I'll take this one.
OH Paul, you fell right into your own trap with this question.
The answer is so simple;
If tertiary education is so good, why then do we have the biggest number of morons making the most stupid decisions on a daily basis from govt to banking to private enterprise, in other words, with all these brainiacs coming out of uni, (oh and BTW, Paul you can't be serious, when you questioned the word 'unis'. It's short for University.) now where was I, oh yes,.....coming out of uni, why then do we have such a sh!t standard of employees in Australia.
And the fact that there are not enough jobs for uni grads, so they do 'real' jobs like unqualified, unskilled jobs, such as shop assistants and so on, to make some money whilst waiting for their opportunity.
Reality check: Aussies are NOT the smartest people on the planet.
Since the system decided to dumb down the curriculum so their stats looked better, it goes something like this'
What is taught is barely 50% of what is required.
The passing grade is 50% of what is taught.
So these graduates with a piece of toilet paper, (not even good for that) expect to be taken seriously, so the few who are actually employed end up learning on the job.
Their education was so abysmal and is evident by the standard of the decisions made in the 'real' world.
Over the years I have hired and fired, and I can tell, when a job aspirant came before me I would put his paperwork aside on my desk, and I would simply sit and talk to him.
That was my measure of a man, not some BS that an embarrassed previous employer wrote in a pathetic attempt to mitigate his lack of courage in sacking the guy.
BTW, it's not my education, we are talking about, it's these so called brainiacs LACK of education which is in question here, and their true level of intelligence.
Just to make it clear.
We are NOT ALL EQUAL or the SAME!